Inflatable Bear, Hourly

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Film

original title

directed by

Elisabeth Werchosin

produced by

Elisabeth Werchosin (Blue Monticola Film)

year

2025

duration

12 minutes

country

Germany

language

English, German and Russian with English and Czech subtitles

Trailer

A young immigrant actress, dressed as a costumed bear, faces a surreal odyssey in Berlin’s Soviet-era outskirts, where a chaotic birthday party blends humor, tragedy, and the echoes of a home she can’t forget

The film participated in the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2025, the Palm Springs International Shortfest 2025, or the Melbourne International Film Festival 2025. The film had its Czech premiere on BOO 2025.

Elisabeth Werchosin was born in 1995 in Pskov, Russia, to a family of a German immigrant. Graduated as a film director from the Saint Petersburg University of Film and Television. Moved to Berlin in 2022. Besides working as an assistant director in filmmaking, participates in an independent journalist project as a photographer. Her latest short film, Inflatable Bear, Hourly, was selected for the International Competition at the 47th Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival.